This is how the disco band Village People of yesteryear justifies their performance at Trump’s victory party

of the United States returning to the presidency on Monday Donald Trump’s in connection with the inauguration, several artists will perform, the most surprising of which will be the popular disco band Village People in the 1970s.

This is surprising because the band’s attitude towards Trump has varied. Although it has allowed Trump to play its songs at his campaign events, is the band’s leader and only original member Victor Willis at the same time tried to make sure that the band is not seen to take a stand on politics or support any individual candidate, in this case Trump.

From here that’s why Willis threatened Trump in 2023 by legal actionwhen a video of the Village People tribute band performing at Trump’s Florida home in Mar-a-Lago went viral. According to Willis, this caused confusion about whether the band actually supports Trump.

Also in summer 2020 Willis had denied Trump from playing his music in public after he announced his intention to use the armed forces of George Floyd to quell the riots that arose from the murder.

Trump’s at the inauguration of the second season, Willis is no longer worried about the Village People’s possible political connections, but the band already performed on Sunday at the Make America Great Again Victory Rally organized at the Capital One Arena Kid Rockin and Lee Greenwoodin alongside. Trump and the Village People appeared together on stage at the end of the event Y.M.C.A.during the song.

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Victor Willis has written that he will sue any news media that refers to the YMCA song as a gay anthem.

Village Peoplen Y.M.C.A:sta has become one of the enduring hits of Trump’s campaign events. The song released in 1978 is often liked as the theme song of sexual minoritiesbut the co-writer of the song, Victor Willis, has said from the beginning that it is not a song for gays, but for everyone else.

At the end of 2024, he too wrote On Facebook, he says he will sue all news media that refer to the song as a gay anthem.

In the same article, he says that thanks to Trump’s opportunities Y.M.C.A:n the generated copyright income has reached several million dollars.

Inauguration day organizes the events organized in connection with Trump Vance Inaugural Committee that is, the Trump Vance Inauguration Committee, which has also published the events performer list.

On the actual inauguration day, Monday, the committee will organize three gala dinners, at all of which Trump will make a speech. The Commander in Chief Ball is for members of the armed forces, the Liberty Inaugural Ball for Trump supporters, and the Starlight Ball for Trump’s wealthy backers.

Village People are scheduled to perform at the Liberty Inaugural Ball for Trump supporters on Monday, reinforcing the impression that the band is supporting Trump. The band commented on their performance last week on Facebookin his publicationemphasizing the unity of the nation:

“We know that some of you will not be happy about this, but we believe that music should be performed without political statements. Our song Y.M.C.A. is known worldwide, and it will hopefully unite our country after a fractious election campaign in which our own candidate lost. Because of this, we believe that now is the time to unite our country through music, which is why the Village People will perform at various inauguration ceremonies.”

With its own candidate (“preferred candidate”), Village People refers to the Democrats Terrible for Harris and not to the candidates of minor parties.

Other American artists will also be heard at different events of the ceremonies. In addition to the Village People, at least one country singer will perform at the Liberty Inaugural Ball On Jason’s side. and surprise performers. Performers at the Commander In Chief Ball include country band Rascal Flatts and a country singer Parker McCollum. Starlight Ball features a singer Gavin McGraw.

During the day, country singers will perform in connection with the actual inauguration ceremony Carrie Underwood and Lee Greenwood and crossover tenor Christopher Macchio.